Welcome to the PennLive/Bravo Group Morning Scrapple, our snapshot of political opinion from the nation’s most important battleground state!
With the primary over, all eyes are on November, and here at Scrapple HQ, we’ve got you covered with PA-registered voter views on redistricting, mail-in ballots, and the 2026 Gubernatorial race.
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May approvals
Generally speaking, is the United States heading in the right or wrong direction?
U.S. wrong track: 57% (April) → 64% (May)
U.S. right track: 37% (April) → 30% (May)
Generally speaking, is Pennsylvania heading in the right or wrong direction?
PA wrong track: 36% (April) → 43% (May)
PA right track: 42% (April) → 36% (May)
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Donald Trump is doing as President?
Donald Trump, President: 39% (April) → 34% (May) approve
Do you approve or disapprove of the job John Fetterman/Dave McCormick is doing in the US Senate?
Dave McCormick, U.S. Senator: 37% (April) → 31% (May) approve
John Fetterman, U.S. Senator: 45% (April) → 40% (May) approve
If the election for Pennsylvania Governor were held today, who would you vote for?
Vote for Shapiro: 58% (April) → 57% (May)
Vote for someone else: 43% (April) → 43% (May)
Issues
Respondents were asked to choose the top three issues most important to them:
2026 midterm elections
How motivated are you to vote, if at all, in the 2026 midterm elections for governor, U.S. House, state, and local officials?
2026 Gubernatorial
If the election for PA Governor was today, who would you vote for?
Election confidence
How confident are you that your county and local election officials run elections fairly and accurately report results?
Pre-canvassing
Under current Pennsylvania law, mail-in ballots may not be processed until 7:00 AM on Election Day. Some states allow ballots to be processed before Election Day, but not counted, in a process known as “pre-canvassing.”
If a proposal allowing early processing of mail ballots (but not counting them before Election Day) were considered in PA, would you support or oppose it?
Anti-weaponization fund
The Justice Department recently announced the creation of a $1.776 billion ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund.’
The fund would allow individuals pardoned by President Trump in connection with the January 6, 2021 Capitol breach to seek financial compensation for claims of government overreach.
Below is a news headline about this new fund.
How much do you support or oppose the establishment of this fund?
Mid-cycle redistricting
Do you support mid-cycle congressional redistricting intended to help one party gain additional seats in a state?
Favorability: MAGA movement
Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the MAGA movement?
Favorability: Working Families Party
Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the Working Families Party?
Tariffs
How are tariffs placed on products you regularly purchase affecting you?
We survey all Pennsylvania-registered voters through digital advertising, randomized text-message outreach, and email recontact with prior opt-in survey participants. This multichannel recruitment ensures a refreshed and representative respondent pool.
This digital survey of 684 likely Pennsylvania voters was conducted from May 20-24, 2026. Results were weighted by age, gender, and political party to reflect Pennsylvania’s electorate, yielding a 95% credibility interval of ±5.3 percentage points. You can read more about our methodology here.
If you’d like to know more about our methodology or have a question, comment or concern please feel free to email us at morningscrapple@thebravogroup.com
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